Steal Away: An Adam Dutton & Beverly Laborde Mystery - BV Lawson

Steal Away: An Adam Dutton & Beverly Laborde Mystery

By BV Lawson

  • Release Date: 2020-02-03
  • Genre: Police Procedural
Score: 4
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From 348 Ratings

Description

A bitter con woman and a jaded detective reluctantly join forces to stop a killer...

When Beverly Laborde becomes a con artist extraordinaire to extract vengeance on the man who shut down her grandmother's antiques business and sent her to an early grave, she comes face to face with the handsome but haunted Vermont police detective, Adam Dutton, who doesn’t know whether to arrest her or ask her out on a date.

But Beverly and Adam soon face an even worse problem than their inconvenient growing attraction toward each other: they have both incurred the wrath of the wealthy and formidable Reginald Forsyth. Forsyth’s criminal tendrils seem to reach into all areas of Vermont politics and the Northeastern Antiquities League, and he’ll do anything to keep his dark secrets safe.

Beverly is sighted in Forsythe’s crosshairs for getting the best of him when she scams him out of a valuable Paul Revere heirloom. Adam also becomes a target for covering up for Beverly and working to take Forsythe down. Separately and together, Beverly and Adam enlist the help of a sympathetic antiques dealer and the mysterious “Mr. X,” but will it be enough to prove that Forsythe is guilty not only of theft and bribery but of possible murder?

Forsythe throws his best at them, from threats and kidnapping to near-drowning, but Beverly and Adam prove that even though they may not be able to outgun their nemesis individually, together they may just have a fighting chance.

Winner of the Virginia Indie Author Project from Biblioboard and Library Journal

Reviews

  • Non stop action

    5
    By Gsc10
    Couldn’t put this one down. Intriguing and full of surprises
  • Great book!

    5
    By inveterate reader
    Been reading a lot of mysteries lately. Hands down, the best of the lot. Looking forward to the other two in the series, and hoping there will be more. Highly recommended.
  • Steal Away

    5
    By bobbyrae73
    Good book with interesting story line.a good mystery and a good plot made it fun to read. I’m sure I’ll read more of these books by this author.
  • Great read - possible typo?

    4
    By m3dzv
    really great read, has you guessing all the time with unexpected, yet subtle twists. just a little confused on to whether Grammie’s last name was Glas or Gras because both were used. overall, great storyline
  • Steal Away

    5
    By Pins4
    Great read! A lot of action. Kept me interested till the end.
  • Steal Away

    5
    By V loves to read
    Good escapist read. Quite entertaining.